Goto

Goto is a service designed to shorten URLs.
It is an HTTP API server which stores data in-memory and can optionally persist it to disk.

2 clients are available for it, a front-end web interface and a CLI tool.

Example usage

Server

cargo run

# or

cargo build --release
target/release/goto-api

Same thing, but with some options:

cargo run -- --addr 127.0.0.1:8080 --database ./database.yml --frontdir front/dist/

Use cargo run -- --help for available options and their description.

Clients

CLI tool

Build it yourself

make build-cli # build for release and move to /usr/local/bin/goto
goto --version

# OR

cargo build --bin goto
target/debug/goto --version

The first time you run the CLI, it will create its configuration at $HOME/.goto/config.yml. Feel free to edit it to change the defaults!

Use it

# show available options
goto --help

# create a new short URL
goto hello http://world

# browse this url, it will automatically open your web browser
goto hello

# display the URL but don't browse it
goto hello --no-open-browser

Clean-up

rm /usr/local/bin/goto
rm -rf $HOME/.goto

Web Front-End

The front-end is designed to be served by the API, so make sure to have the API started and running.

$ cd front/
$ make build

# it is now ready to be served by the API
$ echo http://127.0.0.1:8080/

You can of course host the front-end somewhere else if you want.

HTTP Client

You can also directly query the API with any HTTP client.

# create a new shortened URL
$ curl -X POST 127.0.0.1:8080/tsauvajon -d "https://linkedin.com/in/tsauvajon"
/tsauvajon now redirects to https://linkedin.com/in/tsauvajon

# browse it
$ curl 127.0.0.1:8080/tsauvajon
redirecting to https://linkedin.com/in/tsauvajon...